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Low-dose prednisone therapy for patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis: clinical efficacy, disease-modifying properties, and side effects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

van Everdingen AA, Jacobs JW, Siewertsz Van Reesema DR, Bijlsma JW.

Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jan 1;136(1):1-12.PMID: 11777359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The clinical effect of glucocorticoids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis may be masked by decreased use of additional therapies.

van Everdingen AA, Siewertsz van Reesema DR, Jacobs JW, Bijlsma JW.

Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Apr 15;51(2):233-8.PMID: 15077265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Low-dose glucocorticoids in early rheumatoid arthritis: discordant effects on bone mineral density and fractures?

van Everdingen AA, Siewertsz van Reesema DR, Jacobs JW, Bijlsma JW.

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Comparison of treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial.

Goekoop-Ruiterman YP, de Vries-Bouwstra JK, Allaart CF, van Zeben D, Kerstens PJ, Hazes JM, Zwinderman AH, Peeters AJ, de Jonge-Bok JM, Mallée C, de Beus WM, de Sonnaville PB, Ewals JA, Breedveld FC, Dijkmans BA.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Mar 20;146(6):406-15.PMID: 17371885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of glucocorticoids on radiological progression in rheumatoid arthritis.

Kirwan JR, Bijlsma JW, Boers M, Shea BJ.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jan 24;(1):CD006356. Review.PMID: 17253590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Summaries for patients. Prednisone for rheumatoid arthritis.

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Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jan 1;136(1):I-26. No abstract available. PMID: 11777372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of abatacept in patients with methotrexate-resistant active rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial.

Kremer JM, Genant HK, Moreland LW, Russell AS, Emery P, Abud-Mendoza C, Szechinski J, Li T, Ge Z, Becker JC, Westhovens R.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jun 20;144(12):865-76.PMID: 16785475 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Role of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs versus cytotoxic agents in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis.

Ward JR.

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Very low-dose prednisolone in early rheumatoid arthritis retards radiographic progression over two years: a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Wassenberg S, Rau R, Steinfeld P, Zeidler H.

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Minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis. A 48-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. MIRA Trial Group.

Tilley BC, Alarcón GS, Heyse SP, Trentham DE, Neuner R, Kaplan DA, Clegg DO, Leisen JC, Buckley L, Cooper SM, Duncan H, Pillemer SR, Tuttleman M, Fowler SE.

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Progression of radiographic joint erosion during low dose corticosteroid treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Paulus HE, Di Primeo D, Sanda M, Lynch JM, Schwartz BA, Sharp JT, Genant HK, Weissman BN.

J Rheumatol. 2000 Jul;27(7):1632-7.PMID: 10914843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Positive effect of alendronate on bone mineral density and markers of bone turnover in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on chronic treatment with low-dose prednisone: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Lems WF, Lodder MC, Lips P, Bijlsma JW, Geusens P, Schrameijer N, van de Ven CM, Dijkmans BA.

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D-penicillamine in early rheumatoid arthritis: experience from a 2-year double blind placebo controlled study.

Eberhardt K, Rydgren L, Fex E, Svensson B, Wollheim FA.

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Lack of radiological and clinical benefit over two years of low dose prednisolone for rheumatoid arthritis: results of a randomised controlled trial.

Capell HA, Madhok R, Hunter JA, Porter D, Morrison E, Larkin J, Thomson EA, Hampson R, Poon FW.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2004 Jul;63(7):797-803.PMID: 15194574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F versus sulfasalazine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial.

Goldbach-Mansky R, Wilson M, Fleischmann R, Olsen N, Silverfield J, Kempf P, Kivitz A, Sherrer Y, Pucino F, Csako G, Costello R, Pham TH, Snyder C, van der Heijde D, Tao X, Wesley R, Lipsky PE.

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Aggressive combination therapy with intra-articular glucocorticoid injections and conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in early rheumatoid arthritis: second-year clinical and radiographic results from the CIMESTRA study.

Hetland ML, Stengaard-Pedersen K, Junker P, Lottenburger T, Hansen I, Andersen LS, Tarp U, Svendsen A, Pedersen JK, Skjødt H, Lauridsen UB, Ellingsen T, Hansen GV, Lindegaard H, Vestergaard A, Jurik AG, Østergaard M, Hørslev-Petersen K; CIMESTRA study group.

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Efficacy of prednisone 1-4 mg/day in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled withdrawal clinical trial.

Pincus T, Swearingen CJ, Luta G, Sokka T.

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Glucocorticoid receptor up-regulation in early rheumatoid arthritis treated with low dose prednisone or placebo.

Huisman AM, Siewertsz van Everdingen AA, Wenting MJ, Lafeber F, van Reesema DR, Jacobs JW, Bijlsma JW.

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Aiming at low disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis with initial combination therapy or initial monotherapy strategies: the BeSt study.

Allaart CF, Goekoop-Ruiterman YP, de Vries-Bouwstra JK, Breedveld FC, Dijkmans BA; FARR study group.

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Clinical and radiographic outcomes of four different treatment strategies in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (the BeSt study): a randomized, controlled trial.

Goekoop-Ruiterman YP, de Vries-Bouwstra JK, Allaart CF, van Zeben D, Kerstens PJ, Hazes JM, Zwinderman AH, Ronday HK, Han KH, Westedt ML, Gerards AH, van Groenendael JH, Lems WF, van Krugten MV, Breedveld FC, Dijkmans BA.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Nov;52(11):3381-90.PMID: 16258899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article